You're as graceful as a boulder

Previously on The Amazing Race Maia: Thirteen teams started the race of a lifetime in the capital of Kaohportia. Competition was fierce from the beginning and no teams were afraid to be a little mean to win the first ever prize: two express passes, one to give away, which will enable a team to skip a task. Teams travelled to Oxenryd where they popped some balloons and either took on the farm life or tested their memory. In the end, the Kaohportian best friends Jenny & Emily arrived last at the first pitstop, and were eliminated from the race. We start the next leg in Marlon, Oxenryd with 12 teams.

Route Info: Teams were told they would all take the same overnight bus to Longjäarben, Kashykia. Flying was deemed not safe enough, as all Kashyk airports had been conquered by Maia Song Contest protesters. In Longjäarben, teams would have to find the Opera House by foot.

Detour: Teams had to choose to perform either “Grace” or “Place”. Grace: Do you have the grace to be a part of the ballet? The Kashyk National Ballet will teach you a few moves! As soon as the head choreographer thinks you did well enough, you will receive your next clue.  Place: If you’d rather test your memory and strength at the same time, this detour is for you. You will replicate the stage for a musical using only one picture of the stage, pictured how it’s supposed to be. Be sure to remember everything on your first try, as you will incur a time penalty for wanting to see the picture again.

Teams completed the detour in the following order: 1 Vasyl & Bodhan (Place) 2 Vera & Abi-Maria (Grace) 3 Ben & Matt (Place) 4 Tara & Jodie (Place) 5 Ungto & Gurrko (Place) 6 Tameka & Lin (Grace) 7 Lucy & Holly (Grace) 8 Nate & Gary (Grace) 9 Shelli & Monte (Place) 10 Bella & Mortimer (Grace) 11 Julien & Jenni (Grace) 12 Sirusho & Zhanar (Grace)

Route Info: Teams were instructed to travel to the old village of Maila, where they would find a cluebox outside of the abandoned church. Here, teams encountered a roadblock.

Roadblock: Which one of you is narrow-minded? The team member performing the roadblock would race the narrow streets of the Mailese old town to deliver 5 packages to adresses given to them. Once they had delivered all packages they would have to use a floorplan to determine the exact middle of the pentagon formed by the five points where they delivered the package. Here, an inhabitant of Maila would hand teams their next clue. Note: Vasyl & Bodhan and Lucy & Holly incurred a 30 minute penalty because they found the Mailan with the clue by chance, and not by completing the roadblock.

Teams finished the roadblock in the following order: 1 Vasyl & Bodhan (Vasyl) 2 Tara & Jodie (Jodie) 3 Vera & Abi-Maria (Abi-Maria) 4 Ben & Matt (Ben) 5 Bella & Mortimer (Bella) 6 Tameka & Lin (Lin) 7 Ungto & Gurkko (Ungto) 8 Nate & Gary (Nate) 9 Lucy & Holly (Lucy) 10 Julien & Jenni (Jenni) 11 Shelli & Monte (Shelli) 12 Sirusho & Zhanar (Sirusho)

Teams arrived at the pit stop in the following order: 1 Vasyl & Bodhan (Before penalty; not checked in) 2 Tara & Jodie Peaches Bubbles Margaret Dolores (winners of 5000 Ka'ohi Guulda each) 3 Vera & Abi-Maria (second place) 4 Vasyl & Bodhan (after penalty; third place) 5 Ben & Matt (fourth place) 6 Bella & Mortimer (fifth place) 7 Tameka & Lin (sixth place) 8 Ungto & Gurkko (seventh place) 9 Lucy & Holly (Before penalty - not checked in) 10 Julien & Jenni (eight place) 11 Nate & Gary (ninth place) 12 Shelli & Monte (tenth place) 13 Lucy & Holly (after penalty; eleventh place) 14 Sirusho & Zhanar (twelfth place; last)

''Sirusho & Zhanar, even though we are in your home country, you are the last team to arrive. It would be terrible to eliminate a team in their own country. That’s why this leg is a non-elimination leg. You are still in the Race, but you will have to complete an extra task, a speedbump, somewhere during the next leg. Good luck.''